Music Thread: Do Crocs Have Soul?

[Garrett's formal wear][And the mystery click?]

Well...Sh*t. Spotify continues to annoy me with their AI DJs. And why does the voice have to have a bit of a ghetto twang? And...why does the AI DJ have no taste in music?

Eh. I give it three songs, then move on to one of my lists. In the grand scheme of things it is not an affront, but I wish they had a better sense of their customers. Aren't all of their customers middle-aged conservatives who despise most modern music?

One of the frustrating things about these music portals (aggregators?) is their abysmal taste in classical music. Their choices are skewed to the popular stuff from movies and commercials. It's as if they are terrified of introducing anything difficult or new to their audience. Or for that matter...classic!

Try this: Beethoven's 7th Symphony.Herbert van Karajan knew what he was doing.

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Soul. Pretty much an American invention (Oops! Did I culturally appropriate?).

The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There

Good stuff.

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More good stuff.

Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour

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Yes, I admit it. I was a U2 fan in the 90s. They had done a few excellent albums, and as was (and is) my wont, I was several years late to the party. But damn! Their first few albums were...um...crap.

U2 - Gloria

But Bono's hair is worth a look!

Seriously; Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Rattle And Hum, Achtung Baby.
Not much else worth listening to.

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Aetius451AD, this is for you!

Posted by: CBD at 07:30 PM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 06, 2024 07:32 PM (ju2Fy)

2 Why is that piece of licorice is that guy's ear?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:34 PM (6jEyw)

3 Crocs have soul?

No, but according to Elton, Crocs do Rock.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 06, 2024 07:34 PM (xaFKb)

4 Of course, taking Fashion Advice from Elton John, forces an automatic revocation of your Man Card.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 06, 2024 07:35 PM (xaFKb)

5 In before Garrett gets pounded in the squeakhole by you Morons.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 06, 2024 07:36 PM (J3ryZ)

6 What you don't see is the hook in the worm.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 07:36 PM (vFG9F)

7 Why is that piece of licorice is that guy's ear?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:34 PM (6jEyw)

Licorice is made from ear wax.

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:37 PM (T4tVD)

8 There used to be several stations out of some of the big cities that played classical music.

Posted by: vic at January 06, 2024 07:37 PM (A5THL)

9 Yes, I admit it. I was a U2 fan in the 90s. They had done a few excellent albums, and as was (and is) my wont, I was several years late to the party. But damn! Their first few albums were...um...crap.
U2 - Gloria

But Bono's hair is worth a look!

Seriously; Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Rattle And Hum, Achtung Baby.
Not much else worth listening to.

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Meh. I liked their early stuff. Frankly, I thought Joshua Tree was the beginning of their downfall, musically. Too much smug and syrup.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:38 PM (QBaJw)

10 Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber

http://tinyurl.com/2eezpd4w

It's been used quite a bit in movies, but when I came across it a few days ago, I could swear I heard it more recently in a game or movie and cannot find the cross reference.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 07:38 PM (di6C2)

11 I would like to point out that before Yoko Ono had her singing career, she made a movie called Film No, 4 (1966-67). It consisted of footage of people's naked butts, with commentary by the owners of the butts.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2024 07:38 PM (D7oie)

12 Forgot what Bono looked like when first became a hit

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 07:39 PM (fwDg9)

13 Wilson Pickett is good.
So were The Grass Roots...that I've been playing in the back ground.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2024 07:39 PM (W/lyH)

14 Got a banned IP a few minutes ago. This VPN... it's trash, to be honest.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:40 PM (GkNgH)

15 Well, let’s see if any of these classical music sites will DARE play Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto. : o )

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 07:40 PM (9isyS)

16 Dammit. I knew what it was before I clicked. Thankfully it does not seem to have taken.

Thanks to whomever mentioned runaround sue by Dion the other day. That pulled the hook.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 07:40 PM (di6C2)

17 Licorice is made from ear wax.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:37 PM (T4tVD)

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:41 PM (GkNgH)

18 Wait..,U2’s “Gloria” is NOT crap. That got me into U2. Also on Monday, “New Year’s Day” was played on a loop.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 07:41 PM (9isyS)

19 U2 was one I never got, to be honest.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 07:42 PM (di6C2)

20 If you've heard U2 song One, you've heard 'em all.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

21 Licorice is made from ear wax.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:37 PM (T4tVD)

You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:41 PM (GkNgH)

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2024 07:43 PM (W/lyH)

22 11 I would like to point out that before Yoko Ono had her singing career, she made a movie called Film No, 4 (1966-67). It consisted of footage of people's naked butts, with commentary by the owners of the butts.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2024 07:38 PM (D7oie)

Which further proves that she was always an asshole.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 06, 2024 07:43 PM (SQmE5)

23 I mostly listen to easy listening music now. I'll throw in some country (old) every now and then

Posted by: vic at January 06, 2024 07:43 PM (A5THL)

24 Meh. I liked their early stuff. Frankly, I thought Joshua Tree was the beginning of their downfall, musically. Too much smug and syrup.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:38 PM (QBaJw)

The beginning of their downfall as it was their peak. For me, U2 lost me from Pop onward. Everything from Achtung Baby and. Store is perfectly fine, and I love The Joshua Tree.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 07:44 PM (9isyS)

25 Barely remember Girl Talk, mostly because was a first watcher of MTV

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 07:44 PM (fwDg9)

26 20 If you've heard U2 song One, you've heard 'em all.
Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

Unlike Boston, where the one song is good.

http://tinyurl.com/49jbfkv7

My uncle was a huge fan of Boston. Named his cat after them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 07:44 PM (di6C2)

27 The AI DJ on Spotify sounds like a white version of WKRP's Venus Flytrap.

I don't have to put up with it very much; a consequence of listening mainly to Japanese music.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 06, 2024 07:45 PM (9yUzE)

28 *and before. Damn autocucumber.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 07:45 PM (9isyS)

29 Pondering Pop:

Notice the song never says what became of his girlfriend's first seven 'old men' named Henry!
🤔

Posted by: mindful webworker - hermit b4 kermit at January 06, 2024 07:45 PM (x8dDd)

30 U-2 peaked in 1983.

Posted by: Mark1971 at January 06, 2024 07:45 PM (xPl2J)

31 I've not experienced AI DJ, but iHeart does pitch me some odd things occasionally. At least once it wasn't their fault, though... I was wanting to hear some recent Jelly Roll and Jelly Roll adjacent tunes but failed to anticipate that iHeart would bias toward Jelly Roll's much larger rap library. It's not a problem, per se, but it wasn't what I was in the mood for and now has my personal channel running even more eclectic than usual.

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2024 07:46 PM (ftFVW)

32

Classic "stations"

https://www.radioswissclassic.ch/en
https://radio-live-uk.com/classic-fm
https://www.wqxr.org/
https://theclassicalstation.org/
https://www.kusc.org/

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 06, 2024 07:46 PM (63Dwl)

33 The beginning of their downfall as it was their peak. For me, U2 lost me from Pop onward. Everything from Achtung Baby and. Store is perfectly fine, and I love The Joshua Tree.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 07:44 PM (9isyS)

I pretty much stopped paying attention after Joshua Tree. When I first heard it, the thing comes off like one hit after another, which it was. But it dulls upon multiple listens, and for me, I felt like I was duped.

Sure, it made them international superstars of the highest order, but I was done. The rest of the world could have them.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:47 PM (GkNgH)

34 My favorite recorded music is roughly the same age as me, meaning it came to be about 1950 or so, including the Blue Note era, and later Verve.
I like some new music but not a great deal of it.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at January 06, 2024 07:47 PM (MeG8a)

35 I listen to WPLN classical pretty much every day. They pick up the Your Classical stream from American Public Media and Minnesota Public Radio. I guarantee you'll be exposed to classical works you've never heard before in addition to the more traditional works.

Posted by: Tuna at January 06, 2024 07:47 PM (oaGWv)

36 Frank Zappa recorded a song with Yoko called "A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono".

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 07:47 PM (vFG9F)

37 Licorice is made from ear wax.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:37 PM (T4tVD)

You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:41 PM (GkNgH)

Depends how clean the ear is.

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:47 PM (T4tVD)

38 Frank Zappa recorded a song with Yoko called "A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono".

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 07:47 PM (vFG9F)

And then...he died.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 06, 2024 07:48 PM (VwHCD)

39 Sekai No Owari always has fun songs and fun videos. Hello, Japanese Sailors.

https://youtu.be/BNguaY5exIk?si=YVpszkbD6ioyRMmf

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 06, 2024 07:49 PM (9yUzE)

40 A young man who went to high school with Daughter of Diogenes#1 went on to the Air Force and became a pilot for the U2. He later commanded the Squadron. He went to the U of W and once sent me a photo of him while flying with a big purple W on his flight suit.

See how I kept this story with the theme of the thread?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2024 07:49 PM (W/lyH)

41 Muzik!

My Power just went out. So I have my phone at 80% and my speaker at full power and candles and lanterns lit.

Hit me with your best shot.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2024 07:49 PM (Q5Edw)

42 "And then...he died.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division"

She bad juju.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 07:49 PM (vFG9F)

43 U2 had some good stuff but if you want life-changing music, you should listen to my favorite group, The Edgy Little Known Band. You probably haven't heard of them- they are that good. Seriously, they produce the absolute finest music ever performed in the English language. They make U2 sound like monkeys banging on pots and pans.

Posted by: Don Black at January 06, 2024 07:49 PM (geLO8)

44 >>>My uncle was a huge fan of Boston. Named his cat after them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

>Boston was good for getting the young chicks to let go of their inhibitions because it was upbeat and inoffensive. I banged quite a few willing young ladies when a Boston track was blasting.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 06, 2024 07:50 PM (J3ryZ)

45 Unlike Boston, where the one song is good.

http://tinyurl.com/49jbfkv7

My uncle was a huge fan of Boston. Named his cat after them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 07:44 PM (di6C2)

Possibly the greatest pop-rock song of all time.

Not saying it's MY favorite song, just that it epitomizes everything that popular rock SHOULD be.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:50 PM (GkNgH)

46 Sekai No Owari's "Habit" was one of the most infectious songs of 2022. I describe it as a Japanese Macarena.

https://youtu.be/8OZDgBmehbA?si=tES5sFuFC_N-EHFm

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 06, 2024 07:51 PM (9yUzE)

47 Shoot, they named a whole breed of dogs after Boston. They were that great.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 07:51 PM (vFG9F)

48 Just picturing those formal flats in Size 15 with Garrett's sturdy but depilatated gams inside. A well-turned ankle, I'm sure!

I loved U2 in the early years, before they turned into pillars of shite. "Pride" still gets me in the feels.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 06, 2024 07:51 PM (+RQPJ)

49 U-2 peaked in 1983.
Posted by: Mark1971 at January 06, 2024 07:45 PM (xPl2J)

Possibly, yeah. Their live album that year is probably their best. Haven't listened in a long time, but remember the live versions were superior to studio recordings.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:51 PM (GkNgH)

50 Gotta disagree with you, CBD - 1st 3 U2 albums have some outstanding songs on them. The live performance they did at Red Rocks in 1983 is what put them on the map, and it was exclusively stuff from Boy, October, and War. Then they released Unforgettable Fire and performed at Live Aid and became a worldwide name.
The lovely late Mrs Doof absolutely loved U2. I saw them in concert more times than I care to admit from 1987-2017. I grew tired of them in the late 90s but for marital peace, I continued to support her interest in them.
Yes, Bono is a COLLOSAL D-bag. Actually, so is Edge. But they have some outstanding songs sprinkled into even their worst albums. I still think those first 6 albums were top notch.

Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2024 07:53 PM (RFPHU)

51 Edge needed to learn more than 4 cords

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 07:54 PM (fwDg9)

52 Depends how clean the ear is.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:47 PM (T4tVD)

*Le sigh*

Just one more memory of the ex.....

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:54 PM (GkNgH)

53 Winds starting to pick up here

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 07:57 PM (fwDg9)

54 U2 had some good stuff but if you want life-changing music, you should listen to my favorite group, The Edgy Little Known Band. You probably haven't heard of them- they are that good. Seriously, they produce the absolute finest music ever performed in the English language. They make U2 sound like monkeys banging on pots and pans.
Posted by: Don Black at January 06, 2024 07:49 PM (geLO

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I searched for "The Edgy Little Known Band," and couldn't find anything.

Now THAT'S obscure.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:58 PM (m7m+9)

55 The lovely late Mrs Doof absolutely loved U2. I saw them in concert more times than I care to admit from 1987-2017. I grew tired of them in the late 90s but for marital peace, I continued to support her interest in them.
Yes, Bono is a COLLOSAL D-bag. Actually, so is Edge. But they have some outstanding songs sprinkled into even their worst albums. I still think those first 6 albums were top notch.
Posted by: Doof

The late Mr. Hobbit (aka Kate Winslet's Boobs) loved U2. He even kept on getting their more recent stuff in the 2000s even though much of it pissed him off. They have a few songs I really like, but most of it just feels fluffy to me. If You Wear That Velvet Dress is my favorite of theirs... pretty sure that makes me a bad person.

According to Southpark, Bono is a collosal piece of shit rather than a d-bag.

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2024 07:58 PM (ftFVW)

56
Bono was doing a benefit concert for kids in Africa in his native Dublin. As the concert began the house lights went out and a single spot lit stage right. Bono appears and the only sounds are him snapping his fingers and his heels clicking on the stage as he walks to center stage. The spot reveals a lone stool and as Bono sits on it only the continuing 2/4 staccato of his snapping fingers continue. For minutes Bono continues his remorseless beat and finally speaks over the sound. "Every time I snap my fingers another child dies in Africa"
Whereupon a drunk from the cheap seats yells "Well quit snapping your fooking fingers then!

Posted by: Leon Sphinx at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (UIngH)

57 Licorice is made from ear wax.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:37 PM (T4tVD)

You say that like it's a bad thing.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 07:41 PM (GkNgH)

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2024 07:43 PM (W/lyH)

That's better than throwing up in somebody else's mouth.

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (T4tVD)

58 I like Dave Edmunds a lot.

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (AN/rm)

59 "Depends how clean the ear is."

And up pops that disgusting ear wax ad.

Posted by: Tuna at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (oaGWv)

60 Licorice is made from ear wax.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:37 PM (T4tVD)

Tastes like it.

Posted by: Javems at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (8I4hW)

61 >>> pretty much stopped paying attention after Joshua Tree

Seen them in mid-80s. Because people I knew had to see them live and they suppossed to be good... Meh.
Joshua Tree made me a believer that they really were 'meh'.

Surprised they are still around. My impression was that their original market was the punk set that wanted get in tough with their feminine side.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2024 08:00 PM (cOq4q)

62 Edge needed to learn more than 4 cords

Without going back to check the morning threads, that's the most moron thing you'll read all afternoon.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 06, 2024 08:01 PM (FCs/J)

63 North Carolina Symphony will perform in Wilmington Thursday night. Looking forward to it.
Almost sold out as of Friday night.

Anna Clyne: Masquerade
Debussy: La Mer
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Posted by: CapeFear at January 06, 2024 08:01 PM (anhSI)

64 Sekai No Owari always has fun songs and fun videos. Hello, Japanese Sailors.
https://youtu.be/BNguaY5exIk
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

The last new-to-me J-rock band that YouTube coughed up was worth the listen: STMLT. The video is just the band, but they're having fun! They're a bit heavier than Sekai No Owari, though.

https://youtu.be/l7DRX4ILuEQ

Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2024 08:02 PM (DgGvY)

65 That's better than throwing up in somebody else's mouth.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (T4tVD)

Let's not be all judgy here.

Posted by: Eric 'Stumpy Joe' Childs at January 06, 2024 08:02 PM (D7oie)

66 That's better than throwing up in somebody else's mouth.
Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (T4tVD)

Which is not as bad as throwing up in someone's ear.

At least with your mouth you can spit it out.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 08:02 PM (lG9/7)

67 We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice but the people who like licorice really like licorice.

For 10 points and a chance to move to the knock out round what musician made that quote?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:03 PM (ZLI7S)

68 >>> "Every time I snap my fingers another child dies in Africa"
Whereupon a drunk from the cheap seats yells "Well quit snapping your fooking fingers then!

He may have been drunk but he was the most sober person there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2024 08:04 PM (cOq4q)

69 Midnight Hour, one of the all-time great singles

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 06, 2024 08:04 PM (sJHOI)

70 As I've noted, I've gotten back into vinyl.

It's a more personal listening experience as you have to really be committed to listening.

The other thing I am trying to do with some success is trying to put myself in the same headspace as when I heard the record the first time.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:04 PM (XV/Pl)

71 Ok, going to try to pick your brains here. Go to 27:20. This is an old James Lileks Diner podcast. I have always loved the song, but cannot find it. Anyone know what it is?

http://tinyurl.com/ypxzw9v2

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 08:04 PM (di6C2)

72 We're like licorice. Not everybody likes licorice but the people who like licorice really like licorice.

For 10 points and a chance to move to the knock out round what musician made that quote?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:03 PM (ZLI7S)

Jer Bear Garcia

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 06, 2024 08:05 PM (sJHOI)

73 As to classical music, if it wasn't in a Bugs Bunny cartoon I'm not interested.

Posted by: Veeshir at January 06, 2024 08:05 PM (mpmL+)

74 The other thing I am trying to do with some success is trying to put myself in the same headspace as when I heard the record the first time.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Is that code for getting high?

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 06, 2024 08:05 PM (ftFVW)

75 Remember, 'you can tell she's a Sego Girl'.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XzEb3O2jk

Posted by: Braenyard at January 06, 2024 08:05 PM (X6Sy7)

76 Back in the day, certain bands were more conducive for teenage sexual congress than others.

A top ten would not be hard to list.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 06, 2024 08:06 PM (J3ryZ)

77 In honor of Elvis' upcoming b'day

http://tinyurl.com/2cwh7wb2

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 08:06 PM (T4tVD)

78 Fun song choice! I like that better than his I Hear You Knocking song, which I also like.

Strangely enough, I knew a lot of classical music because when I was a kid visiting my Grandpa, my "bedroom" was his workshop in the basement. I slept on a cot. He didn't want me to be scared by the sound of the house settling, so he turned the radio on to the local classical station.

I also knew a TON of songs from the '30s and '40s because they were played on AM radio when I was a kid. "Irene, Goodnight" and "Walking After Midnight" are great favorites of mine.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 06, 2024 08:06 PM (mtG+O)

79 I like to listen to setting appropriate music when I read. Some Moron had recommended McMann and Duck, a mystery set in Texas in the early '50s. (More about that tomorrow morning.) So I decided to listen to Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys. I rather liked Kinky then, after I finished McMann and Duck, I found that Kinky himself had written a number of mysteries. I bought the first and have begun to read it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 08:08 PM (FVME7)

80 In honor of Elvis' upcoming b'day
http://tinyurl.com/2cwh7wb2
Posted by: JT

Speaking of Elvis -
Elvis on Netflix... Good, bad, or ugly?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 06, 2024 08:08 PM (cOq4q)

81 >>Jer Bear Garcia

ding!

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:08 PM (ZLI7S)

82 No crocs were harmed in the making of this list.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 06, 2024 08:09 PM (J3ryZ)

83 Bono was doing a benefit concert for kids in Africa in his native Dublin. As the concert began the house lights went out and a single spot lit stage right. Bono appears and the only sounds are him snapping his fingers and his heels clicking on the stage as he walks to center stage. The spot reveals a lone stool and as Bono sits on it only the continuing 2/4 staccato of his snapping fingers continue. For minutes Bono continues his remorseless beat and finally speaks over the sound. "Every time I snap my fingers another child dies in Africa"
Whereupon a drunk from the cheap seats yells "Well quit snapping your fooking fingers then!
Posted by: Leon Sphinx at January 06, 2024 07:59 PM (UIngH)

LOL !!!

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 08:09 PM (T4tVD)

84 I live for Bono quotes. He's so over-the-top pretentious and in love with his own voice that I actually seek out interviews. At some point, I'll compile a list of favorite quotes. Bono delivers the Spinal Tapian material

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 06, 2024 08:09 PM (sJHOI)

85 Because there's overlap with good music and I know a bunch of morons are into this sort of thing, Epic Games is giving away the Guardians of the Galaxy video game until next weekend or so. It's supposed to be really well done story and play-wise and have a similar sort of music oriented drive as the movies.

epicgames.com

Posted by: Nikky Haley, True Savior of the Democracy at January 06, 2024 08:09 PM (y1p7g)

86 I also knew a TON of songs from the '30s and '40s because they were played on AM radio when I was a kid. "Irene, Goodnight" and "Walking After Midnight" are great favorites of mine.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 06, 2024 08:06 PM (mtG+O)

http://tinyurl.com/4nnp8y33

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 08:10 PM (di6C2)

87 For 10 points and a chance to move to the knock out round what musician made that quote?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:03 PM (ZLI7S)

Jer Bear Garcia
Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 06, 2024 08:05 PM (sJHOI)

Lil Nas X?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 08:10 PM (DNIdo)

88 @76

The last time I got high was probably 30 years ago on a skiing trip.

I do partake of The Gimlet though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:10 PM (XV/Pl)

89 Great music CBD, thx. U2 played the Mayfest party at my college just after War came out . Great show . Saw them also on Zooropa tour . Much more stadium rock but still a great show. After that not much.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 06, 2024 08:10 PM (acK79)

90 @57, LOL!

made me think of how much I liked the opening of "Stop Making Sense"; stool, acoustic guitar, boombox, "Psycho Killer", as stagehands assemble the show and the band picks it up one by one ...
pure art!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:10 PM (WsTvr)

91 I’ve just re-discovered ELO…

Some of their live concerts of the last ten years are eye openingly good.

Jeff Lynne is in his 70s, and he sounds great.

The Wembley and Glastonbury concerts are worth a listen.

Posted by: browndog yearns for the land of Gondolin at January 06, 2024 08:11 PM (TTAGa)

92 Perhaps my favorite Bono quote:

"Every day, we break up the bahnd. Then we put it back together with the same members."

Yes it's real

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 06, 2024 08:13 PM (sJHOI)

93 Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

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That's a banger!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 08:14 PM (FVME7)

94 As usual South Park's take on Bono was perfect . "I'm not number two"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 06, 2024 08:14 PM (acK79)

95 >I searched for "The Edgy Little Known Band," and couldn't find anything.

Now THAT'S obscure.

Posted by: BurtTC

---

that's how you know they're good

Posted by: Don Black at January 06, 2024 08:15 PM (geLO8)

96 If Bono had been from New Jersey, he'd be Bruce Springsteen.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 06, 2024 08:15 PM (J3ryZ)

97 Dave Edmunds

https://youtu.be/hMjwb13TFCo?si=Oh3BY9Ptz7NN3epQ

Posted by: Northernlurker at January 06, 2024 08:16 PM (AN/rm)

98 Aetius, that's a great one!

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 06, 2024 08:16 PM (mtG+O)

99 I positively LOATHE all things DJ. Just stfu and play the music.

This is why i pay for pandora, no muss, no fuss. Just the tailored playlists categorized into stations for the type/style of music i wanna listen to right now.

Mark Knoppler
Heavy Metal
Kidney Thieves
Jimmy Hendrix
Classical Piano
Organ Fugues

If i want to hear a DJ prattle on about bs i have no interest in, i'll listen to fm radio.

Posted by: Stephen Hawking at January 06, 2024 08:17 PM (3CCua)

100 @101

>>If Bono had been from New Jersey, he'd be Bruce Springsteen.

That's cold, Bono, unlike Springsteen, is not aggressively leftist.

And U2 did have numerous hits, they were the closest to The Beatles as we've ever seen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)

101 >>One of those bunches, like Jay Giles and Steely Dan, that nobody playing in bars even attempts to cover. Their shit was complicated.

Heh. J would disagree with you.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:17 PM (ZLI7S)

102
Damnit!

Off. Sexy. Physics. Sock

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 06, 2024 08:19 PM (3CCua)

103 Have I mentioned post-rock recently? Probably. But I will again. Post-rock is good for you.

Full albums, so if you like them, this will keep you listening for a while.

Arkitect(s) Failure, from France:
https://youtu.be/FHXZ6yxw0N0

Passage, from America's Hat:
https://youtu.be/hJB-gwT6TmQ

Kolyma, from Germany:
https://youtu.be/3OktLur8hR0

All Stars Dying, from Indonesia:
https://youtu.be/yWd0mOAdt-4

Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2024 08:20 PM (DgGvY)

104 I haven't heard a good DJ on the radio in many years. They can't be any good when the playlist is preplanned from the same 100 tunes in the rotation.

Posted by: fd at January 06, 2024 08:20 PM (vFG9F)

105 I mostly listen to easy listening music now. I'll throw in some country (old) every now and then
Posted by: vic at January 06, 2024 07:43 PM (A5THL)

I enjoy the old Country songs

Did you know Dean Martin did a Country Album ?

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 08:20 PM (T4tVD)

106 @108

>>I see you've never actually listened to Bono talk. About absolutely anything.

Yes I have, extensively.

As I said, he was not aggressively leftist, he was more of a virtue signalling, and now with their Vegas Residency, he's practically MAGA.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:21 PM (XV/Pl)

107 just watched it on yoot-oob & okay, memory deceived me ... no stool (thinking that was Leon Redbone back-in-the-day), and other minor differences ... eh, la, whaddaya want for nothin'?

dunno nuffin' 'bout music, or art, but I know what I like, amirite?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:21 PM (WsTvr)

108 Try this one out.

https://youtu.be/PhRa3REdozw?si=XJIToVAbPXSqNvM6

Bach Fugue in G minor

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 06, 2024 08:22 PM (3CCua)

109 >>One of those bunches, like Jay Giles and Steely Dan,

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The Kinky mystery I mentioned in #82 is set in Greenwich Village in the early '80s so I chose Steely Dan as my setting appropriate music.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 08:22 PM (FVME7)

110 Looking around, I had completely forgotten the four song EP U2 did, that includes two live versions of songs from Unforgettable Fire.

Album is called Wide Awake In America, and it's freakin' great. Just 20 minutes, the two live songs are exceptional, I'd say their best recorded work.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 08:23 PM (kqxi9)

111 And U2 did have numerous hits, they were the closest to The Beatles as we've ever seen.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)

Led Zeppelin has entered the chat.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:23 PM (9isyS)

112 I have free Pandora. I don't really mind the occasional ad because they're local and don't last long.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 06, 2024 08:23 PM (mtG+O)

113 how ya doin' there, nurse?
batteries & candles holding out?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:23 PM (WsTvr)

114 Damnit!
Off. Sexy. Physics. Sock
Posted by: BifBewalski

I dunno, I could see Mr. Hawking being a fan of Mark Knopfler, Kidney Thieves, and Hendrix.

Simultaneously.

Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2024 08:25 PM (DgGvY)

115 https://youtu.be/PhRa3REdozw?si=XJIToVAbPXSqNvM6

Bach Fugue in G minor
Posted by: BifBewalski

There's the Little Fugue in G Minor and the Great Fugue in G Minor. This is the Little Fugue.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 08:25 PM (FVME7)

116 And U2 did have numerous hits, they were the closest to The Beatles as we've ever seen.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)

Led Zeppelin has entered the chat.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:23 PM (9isyS)

If I recall, with the release of Joshua Tree they had multiple singles charting, I think at the same time. Very Beatles-like in that regard.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 08:26 PM (kqxi9)

117 mikeski, thx 4 links!

Kolyma? reminds me of Shalamov's Kolyma Tales ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:26 PM (WsTvr)

118 @119

>>Led Zeppelin has entered the chat.

Led Zepplin was their own thing, and not remotely similar to The Beatles.

They were heavy protein listening, think steak and shrimp with a chaser of roast chicken, whereas The Beatles and U2 were a parfait chased down with a nice fruit cup.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:26 PM (XV/Pl)

119 "What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music."
Bono

Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/bono-quotes_2

Posted by: ghost of hallelujah at January 06, 2024 08:27 PM (sJHOI)

120 Led Zepplin was their own thing, and not remotely similar to The Beatles.

They were heavy protein listening, think steak and shrimp with a chaser of roast chicken, whereas The Beatles and U2 were a parfait chased down with a nice fruit cup.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:26 PM (XV/Pl)

I think that's a good thing...

Meaty and savory vs sweet and unfilling?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 06, 2024 08:27 PM (di6C2)

121 Album is called Wide Awake In America, and it's freakin' great. Just 20 minutes, the two live songs are exceptional, I'd say their best recorded work.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 08:23 PM

One of my faves. Wore out the cassette and the CD, which I didn't think was possible.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 06, 2024 08:28 PM (mtG+O)

122 I like Pandora. I have had my subscription for a long time. I did convince them to never play the Beatles. Aerosmith or the Stones.

Posted by: Jamaica at January 06, 2024 08:28 PM (Eeb9P)

123 Meaty and savory ? Yes, please !!!

Posted by: Bono from the UK at January 06, 2024 08:28 PM (cESVi)

124 Did you know Dean Martin did a Country Album ?

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 08:20 PM (T4tVD)

Yes I think I have it. Did you know Ricky Nelson did two outstanding country aLBUMS.

Posted by: vic at January 06, 2024 08:28 PM (A5THL)

125 51 Gotta disagree with you, CBD - 1st 3 U2 albums have some outstanding songs on them. The live performance they did at Red Rocks in 1983 is what put them on the map, and it was exclusively stuff from Boy, October, and War. Then they released Unforgettable Fire and performed at Live Aid and became a worldwide name.
The lovely late Mrs Doof absolutely loved U2. I saw them in concert more times than I care to admit from 1987-2017. I grew tired of them in the late 90s but for marital peace, I continued to support her interest in them.
Yes, Bono is a COLLOSAL D-bag. Actually, so is Edge. But they have some outstanding songs sprinkled into even their worst albums. I still think those first 6 albums were top notch.
Posted by: Doof at January 06, 2024 07:53 PM (RFPHU)

You reading My Effin’ Life by Geddy Lee yet?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:29 PM (9isyS)

126 I don't really mind the occasional ad because they're local and don't last long.
Posted by: NaughtyPine

I used to not mind them myself, but then they became intrusive and began to harsh my mood. Asked for a discount trial of the paid no breaks and never looked back. I've spent years fine tu ing the handful of station i listen to with the style of music i want and it's really paid off. Ocassionally they'll try to stick a damned beatles tune into my Mark Knoppler. I've probably thumbed down every beatles tune there is because of that.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 06, 2024 08:29 PM (3CCua)

127 121 how ya doin' there, nurse?
batteries & candles holding out?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Oh fine. It's been raining and the ground is soft and a squall blew through at just the right angle and a big Douglas Fir hit a power line. Happens all the time.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2024 08:29 PM (Fd5YO)

128 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
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The office supply has singers? Who knew?

Posted by: Gen Z at January 06, 2024 08:29 PM (XeU6L)

129 One of my faves. Wore out the cassette and the CD, which I didn't think was possible.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 06, 2024 08:28 PM (mtG+O)

I don't think I ever picked up the CD, but yeah, wore out the cassette.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 08:30 PM (kqxi9)

130 Edge needed to learn more than 4 cords
Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 07:54 PM

To be fair, is that a major or a minor requirement?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 06, 2024 08:30 PM (a3Q+t)

131 Yes I think I have it. Did you know Ricky Nelson did two outstanding country aLBUMS.
Posted by: vic at January 06, 2024 08:28 PM (A5THL)

Don't think I knew that ....

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 08:30 PM (T4tVD)

132 Thanks for the Thread CBD !

Posted by: JT at January 06, 2024 08:31 PM (T4tVD)

133 There's the Little Fugue in G Minor and the Great Fugue in G Minor. This is the Little Fugue.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

The Fugues are my motorcycling tunes. They get downright surreal in the twisties at speed.

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 06, 2024 08:31 PM (3CCua)

134
Led Zepplin was their own thing, and not remotely similar to The Beatles.

They were heavy protein listening, think steak and shrimp with a chaser of roast chicken, whereas The Beatles and U2 were a parfait chased down with a nice fruit cup.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:26 PM (XV/Pl)

I won’t argue that…

BUT I have always argued that Zeppelin was to the 1970s what the Beatles were to the 1960s, in that both were massive bands for their respective decades.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:32 PM (9isyS)

135 I can take or leave music from the '80's.

But there's always something there to remind me.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 06, 2024 08:33 PM (QG3cQ)

136 @52

>>Edge needed to learn more than 4 cords

Most U2 songs were 5 to 6 chords, with the suspended Chords.

Unforgettable Fire has a whole 7 chords and uses one outside chord if I remember.

Practically Jazzy.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:34 PM (XV/Pl)

137 I've spent years fine tu ing the handful of station i listen to with the style of music i want and it's really paid off. Ocassionally they'll try to stick a damned beatles tune into my Mark Knoppler. I've probably thumbed down every beatles tune there is because of that.
Posted by: BifBewalski at January 06, 2024 08:29 PM

One of my cousins has had an account since its inception and her playlists are flawless for that exact reason. I have no problem with The Beatles showing up because I have playlists like Dean Martin, Viking Music, and Jeremy Soule.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at January 06, 2024 08:34 PM (mtG+O)

138 it clearly has faults, but Amazon Music Unlimited has more plusses than minuses. by a lot.

Posted by: DenverGregg at January 06, 2024 08:34 PM (ccqW3)

139 Mrs. Wrecks is channel surfing momentarily landed on a Christian comedian on TBN. He said he had a girlfriend who said Colorado was the best state. She said they legalized pot and gay marriage on the same day and that's in the Bible. It says if two men lay together they should be stoned.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 08:35 PM (FVME7)

140
Well, I can't comment on most music threads because I don't listen to the music featured, so I'd sound like an ignoramus.

Now that classical is featured I can't comment because I'll sound like an overbearing know-it-all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 06, 2024 08:35 PM (MoZTd)

141 little girl, little girl, you know the blues got soul. the blues done had a baby, and they named it rock and roll.

Posted by: DenverGregg at January 06, 2024 08:35 PM (ccqW3)

142 The Fugues are my motorcycling tunes. They get downright surreal in the twisties at speed.
Posted by: BifBewalski

That makes sense since "fugue" literally means something like flight.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 08:37 PM (FVME7)

143 Any discussion of Led Zeppelin should include le affaire Edgewater Inn.

Posted by: zombie Mudshark at January 06, 2024 08:37 PM (a3Q+t)

144 What I hate more than anything are radio stations that don't give you any info on the song. Local station plays 70s and 80s stuff. I heard something today, two male vocalistics doing wonderful harmony. No idea what the title was or the artists, but it was impressive. They are likely too busy playing Prince to play it again.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 06, 2024 08:38 PM (L8hCM)

145 @153 is this Edgewater Inn in Colorado?

Posted by: DenverGregg at January 06, 2024 08:39 PM (ccqW3)

146 okay, cool ... thanks for responding. glad you're ok.

Wisconsin being what it is, a lot (but not all!) of that is underground around here. when the Big Grid gets dumped, the municipal power plant often picks up the local load until the fault is fixed.

for those rare times when it all goes dark, in addition to the candles I have acquired a couple of Mpowerd solar LED lanterns that I keep on a sunny windowsill ... they work good; one of them can even recharge my phone (once).

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:39 PM (WsTvr)

147 Now that classical is featured I can't comment because I'll sound like an overbearing know-it-all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

i woukd like to listen to classical piano while riding the motorcycle, but to truly enjoy it, i'd need a helmet costing over $1200 with some serious nois canceling. I limit those playlists to long over the road drives in the Charger.

I used to play the preludes at Dad's church when i was a teenager. Solid ice breaker for the "good girls".

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 06, 2024 08:40 PM (3CCua)

148 Did y'all know that the Mudshark has its own, very nice, arpeggio?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 06, 2024 08:40 PM (a3Q+t)

149 U2 kinda sucked. All their songs were the same.

I preferred The Police

http://tinyurl.com/yc3pspd7

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2024 08:41 PM (Fd5YO)

150 LOL, Tonypete!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:41 PM (WsTvr)

151 My high s hook band teacher tried his best to expose the band and orchestra to different music. My favorites were First Military Suite in E flat by Gustav Holst, the Somerset songs by Vaugn, and Bolero.

In the '60s and early '70s, I kind of listened to the radio. But once cassettes came out, it was bye-bye radio. Really ticked me off to replace my 33 1/3s with cassettes, then replace cassettes with cds. Sadly, though, most of my filk is still on cassette and I don't know if they're still playable.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 08:42 PM (6TzTY)

152 151 little girl, little girl, you know the blues got soul. the blues done had a baby, and they named it rock and roll.
Posted by: DenverGregg at January 06, 2024 08:35 PM (ccqW3)

Hey little girl…

Posted by: Sandra at January 06, 2024 08:43 PM (9isyS)

153 oh, go ahead, H7, what the heck, anyway ...

innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:43 PM (WsTvr)

154 I used to listen to these guys live as often as I could before i said "I Do" to the Army.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Radiators_(American_band)

Posted by: BifBewalski at January 06, 2024 08:43 PM (3CCua)

155 "Any discussion of Led Zeppelin should include le affaire Edgewater Inn.
Posted by: zombie Mudshark"

I'll bring the tackle.

Posted by: Bwana Dik at January 06, 2024 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

156 BUT I have always argued that Zeppelin was to the 1970s what the Beatles were to the 1960s, in that both were massive bands for their respective decades.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:32 PM (9isyS)

I'm pretty sure for a while there they were the biggest live draw. Which of course is different from charting hit singles.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 08:44 PM (Syl3F)

157 I've been listening to a lot of Alvin Lee and Ten Years After lately. I can't believe I overlooked some of this great stuff back in the day.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 06, 2024 08:44 PM (dr4Q1)

158 161: I eventually replaced my cassettes with CDs but I still have my cassettes.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:44 PM (9isyS)

159 And U2 did have numerous hits, they were the closest to The Beatles as we've ever seen.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 06, 2024 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)

I think those fashionable people who say things like that also claimed the same of Oasis.
I didn't believe them either.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2024 08:46 PM (D7oie)

160 The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
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The office supply has singers? Who knew?
Posted by: Gen Z

They raise horses, too!

https://youtu.be/MPS1Ta1q7F4

But seriously: anime music. Let's put together a solid 4-5 minute pop song, with a guitar solo, and a bass line that actually keeps the bass player busy. Then only use 90 seconds of it at the beginning or end of a cartoon on TV for a few weeks.

The Japanese waste more talent on fluff than the US pop music industry has in total. Probably why Marty Friedman moved over there to produce music when "grunge" pushed "metal" off the air here.

Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2024 08:46 PM (DgGvY)

161 Cap'n Sabin: I lost most of the filk cassettes earlier this century, just as I was realizing they needed to be digitized ...
Songs of the Dorsai, sung by Gordon Dickson? so many others ...
many with accompaniment by an old pal on her Martin 12-string ...

SAD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:48 PM (WsTvr)

162 Love the Staples. Mavis had some real pipes. Thanks for the thread, CBD.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 06, 2024 08:48 PM (V8he0)

163 BUT I have always argued that Zeppelin was to the 1970s what the Beatles were to the 1960s, in that both were massive bands for their respective decades.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:32 PM (9isyS)

In the 70's, I think most of the people I knew saw it that way. But looking back, I think that The Who were not only better, they were much more influential on other bands.

I would argue that The Who, more than any other band, created the "Stadium Rock" sound of the 70's, which most other bands imitated immediately.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2024 08:50 PM (q3gwH)

164
oh, go ahead, H7, what the heck, anyway ...

innit?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades

__________

Naaah. One more sign I have little in common with most people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 06, 2024 08:50 PM (MoZTd)

165 I have a small radio that can play MP3 on a mini SD card. Actually has decent sound. I have the most recent Hadrian mix on a card in it and can listen to Hadrian radio.

I've bought a lot of Telemann lately and really should put that on a card.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 06, 2024 08:50 PM (L8hCM)

166 While not focusing on the music itself, I'm watching the markets for a good (enough) deal on a Sansui G-series receiver. Preferably, 75 watts RMS or highere.

Back in the day, I had a USAF roommate who had one of the higher end "G" series, and it to this day remains the best sound out of a receiver I've yet enjoyed.

Now, all that is relative, (one moron's favorite is another moron's audio reject...), I know what I like and what I want.

Of course, I've got my list of speakers, turntable and cartridge, too.

But if you've not listened to your favorite tuneage on some of the best of the '70s "silver face" classics, (Marantz, Pioneer, Sansui, Kenwood, etc..), then you've been cheated, thus far.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 06, 2024 08:51 PM (e6UQI)

167 @172 Love Mavis (and Pops, if not in the same way)

Posted by: DenverGregg at January 06, 2024 08:51 PM (ccqW3)

168 but maybe more in common with this crowd?

or at least more tolerant ... ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 08:52 PM (WsTvr)

169 I used to collect movie sound tracks. Thanks to Doug over at Intrada, I've got all my Great White Whales. I didn't go see Indy 5 or buy the album. I haven't been to a movie in so long, I don't remember, so I don't hear any sound tracks worth getting.

#3 son discovered Sabeton and Two Steps From Hell, so that's what I get any more.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 08:53 PM (6TzTY)

170 or at least more tolerant ... ?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Obviously true.

I haven't been banned from music threads, yet.

Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2024 08:53 PM (DgGvY)

171 I preferred The Police

http://tinyurl.com/yc3pspd7
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 06, 2024 08:41 PM (Fd5YO)

I was listening to the English Beat.

http://tinyurl.com/3jcbe7ec

Posted by: Kindltot at January 06, 2024 08:54 PM (D7oie)

172 I would argue that The Who, more than any other band, created the "Stadium Rock" sound of the 70's, which most other bands imitated immediately.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2024 08:50 PM (q3gwH)

Keith Moon: DEAD
John Entwhistle: DEAD
Pete Townshend: CP
Roger Daltrey: WASHED UP HAS BEEN

(I never could get into The Who)

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at January 06, 2024 08:54 PM (9isyS)

173 Pondering Pop
Bonus trivia round

First backwards recording? (1966)

Posted by: mindful webworker - click for hint at January 06, 2024 08:55 PM (x8dDd)

174 "179 I used to collect movie sound tracks..."

What are some of your favorites?

Posted by: Tuna at January 06, 2024 08:55 PM (oaGWv)

175 Whenever I think of Japanese pop music, I think of the Overqualified Drummer - you wanted to be in a Rock Band, but this is the only paying gig you could get. Cracks me up every time i see it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfML1WEWfwk

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2024 08:56 PM (q3gwH)

176 The Weight - Last Waltz featuring the Staple Singers

http://tinyurl.com/v42xr3wz

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:56 PM (ZLI7S)

177
First backwards recording? (1966)
Posted by: mindful webworker - click for hint at January 06, 2024 08:55 PM (x8dDd)

I listen to records backwards for messages praising me, all the time.

Posted by: Satan at January 06, 2024 08:56 PM (9isyS)

178 >>Roger Daltrey: WASHED UP HAS BEEN

He's like 80. I cut octogenarians some slack.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:58 PM (ZLI7S)

179 Jim @ 176-
I’ve listened to Led Zep loud with Koss headset in the VF 84 AT/AQ shop back in the 60s. What did you say? I missed that.

Posted by: Eromero at January 06, 2024 08:59 PM (NxC5+)

180 Thing I like about Bono was the story about him and Roy Orbison. Bono fell asleep one night listening to “In Dreams” from the movie Blue Velvet soundtrack. Woke up next day and started writing “Mystery Girl.” Orbison had been touring and was in the same city (London?) and pays U2 a visit where they were playing. Toy meets Bono and asks “have you got a song for me?”

Roy would take it and make s recording of it. It was released after he passed away, unfortunately.

Posted by: Rex B at January 06, 2024 08:59 PM (5h/8D)

181 Roger Daltrey: WASHED UP HAS BEEN
--------
He's like 80. I cut octogenarians some slack.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:58 PM (ZLI7S)

I fault him for not keeping his word.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 09:00 PM (Hnlcj)

182 Roger Daltrey: WASHED UP HAS BEEN
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He's like 80. I cut octogenarians some slack.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 08:58 PM (ZLI7S)

I fault him for not keeping his word.
Posted by: BurtTC

He did get fooled again?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 09:02 PM (FVME7)

183 I listen to records backwards for messages praising me, all the time.
Posted by: Satan at January 06, 2024 08:56 PM (9isyS)

I heard that if you play Nickelback songs backwards, you will hear his voice. But if you play them forwards, you hear Nickelback, so it's a wash.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2024 09:03 PM (q3gwH)

184 Not seeing a lot of Bob Marley love around here. Oh well, more for me.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 09:04 PM (ZLI7S)

185 171 - Soc -- A friend of mine tried to make CDs for me out of the cassettes, and did an abominable job of it. Eli over at. Eagle something or another has been very slowly but surely bringing some old albums out on cd. Also, try "filk" at iTunes and Spotify. I've come up with a few individual songs on iTunes.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 09:04 PM (6TzTY)

186 I've been listening to Lyle Mays and Pat Metheny all day.

It's so sad Lyle passed so early. Like so many talented folks.

Posted by: pawn at January 06, 2024 09:07 PM (QB+5g)

187 Whenever I think of Japanese pop music, I think of the Overqualified Drummer - you wanted to be in a Rock Band, but this is the only paying gig you could get. Cracks me up every time i see it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfML1WEWfwk
Posted by: Tom Servo

Nyango Star is a hoot.

And since the Horde likes puns: his name is two bilingual puns. His costume is an apple crossed with a cat. (Just go with it.) "Nya" is "meow" for Japanese cats, as Anna Puma often reminds us, and "ringo" means apple.

He's part of a whole band who play in goofy costumes like that, called Charametal, if you want to go hunting for other weird stuff like that video.

Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2024 09:07 PM (DgGvY)

188 I've got a Sansui (100 RMS) packed away along with a pair of Altec Lansing speakers. I've recently come into possession of a 40" LG monitor and will soon have them all hooked up for my CD and flash recordings.

Posted by: Braenyard at January 06, 2024 09:07 PM (X6Sy7)

189 He did get fooled again?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter 2024 at January 06, 2024 09:02 PM (FVME7)

He wasn't talking about my generation, that's for sure.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 06, 2024 09:08 PM (QBaJw)

190 Wife insists white people like Bob Marley more than blacks.

Posted by: Jamaica at January 06, 2024 09:09 PM (Eeb9P)

191 I H8 Reggie

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 09:10 PM (fwDg9)

192 Wife insists white people like Bob Marley more than blacks.
Posted by: Jamaica

IRL, I know one fan, who is white. So this checks out.

Posted by: mikeski at January 06, 2024 09:11 PM (DgGvY)

193 I H8 Reggie
Posted by: Skip

You’re not the sheriff!

Posted by: Rex B at January 06, 2024 09:11 PM (5h/8D)

194 and

McIntosh and Harmon Kardon

Posted by: Braenyard at January 06, 2024 09:13 PM (X6Sy7)

195
I have ZERO interest in country music, except for...

Johnny Cash.

I recently found myself really enjoying this old live event of The Highwaymen:

https://youtu.be/qAiPsZRZNOI?si=ix5NsvzdPkYYpK5w

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 06, 2024 09:14 PM (nhfk6)

196 >>Wife insists white people like Bob Marley more than blacks.

Wouldn't surprise me.

I remember a show he did in the late 70's at Harvard stadium. There was an enormous cloud hovering over the stadium, it looked like the place had it's own weather zone.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 09:14 PM (ZLI7S)

197 Jamaican rocksteady has a Motown vibe. Very mellow stuff, Sunday afternoon music

Posted by: Jamaica at January 06, 2024 09:15 PM (Eeb9P)

198 When the album "Who's Next" debuted in 1971 and opened with Baba O'Reilly, it changed the entire trajectory of rock music for the decade. Compare and contrast to any album done by anyone just 2 years before, even The Beatles; this one took production values to an entirely new level.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2024 09:15 PM (q3gwH)

199 Mighty Diamonds
The Heptones
Toots and the Maytalls
Peter Tosh

Posted by: Jamaica at January 06, 2024 09:16 PM (Eeb9P)

200 mindful webworker: Pondering Pop
Bonus trivia round
First backwards recording? (1966)

Satan: I listen to records backwards for messages praising me, all the time.

That the best we got, gang? Thought this was an easy one.

Best backward recording, Nat'l Lampoon, John Lennon voice: "!hsarc rac gnikoof a ni dead luaP"

Posted by: mindful webworker - click 4 hint at January 06, 2024 09:16 PM (x8dDd)

201 196 I've been listening to Lyle Mays and Pat Metheny all day.

It's so sad Lyle passed so early. Like so many talented folks.
Posted by: pawn at January 06, 2024 09:07 PM (QB+5g)

I love that Costner movie "Fandango" mainly because it's got a soundtrack by Methany.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 06, 2024 09:17 PM (q3gwH)

202 Cash does a cover of Devils Right Hand that’s awesome. Check out When The Man Comes Around

Posted by: Jamaica at January 06, 2024 09:17 PM (Eeb9P)

203 No mention of Pink Floyd? Not a fan myself.

Posted by: Javems at January 06, 2024 09:17 PM (8I4hW)

204
btw, looks like gun youtuber Paul Herrell is nearly mort and probably uploaded his last video. Sad.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 06, 2024 09:18 PM (nhfk6)

205 >>IRL, I know one fan, who is white. So this checks out.

Guy sold something like 80 million records. Somebody was listening.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 09:18 PM (ZLI7S)

206 I had a kid in my business class a few years ago who once asked for an early week off before Christmas to go back to Thailand to play in a concert. Apparently he was a singer in one of the top bands there. He gave me their name and I couldn't pronounce it. Looked them up. He had sold out crowds the week after Christmas. Nice kid too. He earned an A.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2024 09:20 PM (W/lyH)

207
Can someone tell me why the song "MacArthur Park" was so popular for singers to cover??

btw, "MacArthur Park" was written by the same Jimmy Webb who also wrote The Highwayman?

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 06, 2024 09:20 PM (nhfk6)

208 thx, Cap'n Sabin! I will try that sometime, you never know ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 09:21 PM (WsTvr)

209 btw, "MacArthur Park" was written by the same Jimmy Webb who also wrote The Highwayman?

Posted by: Soothsayer
-----

But, who wrote 'I Write the Songs'?

Posted by: Barry Manilow at January 06, 2024 09:22 PM (XeU6L)

210 Thus “the cake out in the rain” which is famously reference in this song reads as if it is a metaphor for their relationship. It having ‘taken so long to bake’ apparently alludes to the time and energy he put into building the romance up. But now that it has in fact disintegrated like a “cake out in the rain”, he knows he will ‘never have the recipe again’ to bake another.

Oh. Ok.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 06, 2024 09:23 PM (NBVIP)

211 & g'night everyone!

maybe make the tech thread b/4 I go hiking ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 09:23 PM (WsTvr)

212 U2-There albums from 'Boy' to 'Zooropa' were anywhere from very good to classic. After 'Zooropa', they phoned it in. Mostly meh.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 06, 2024 09:23 PM (Wg6v7)

213
Her name was Lola.
She was a showgirl.

Posted by: Barry at January 06, 2024 09:24 PM (NBVIP)

214 The last new-to-me J-rock band that YouTube coughed up was worth the listen: STMLT. The video is just the band, but they're having fun! They're a bit heavier than Sekai No Owari, though.

I love Kawaii metal when it's done well!

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 06, 2024 09:24 PM (9yUzE)

215
Oh. Ok.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I concur with this. The cake in the rain line is...odd.

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 06, 2024 09:25 PM (nhfk6)

216
Two songs for your listening pleasure. Both one off gatherings of musicians doing an old R&B and an even older blues song.
R&B song is If I Ever Lose This Heaven. Sung by a beautiful Cuban American with two Earth, Wind and Fire rhythm section guys:
http://tinyurl.com/LoseHeaven
Blues standard is Somebody Loan Me a Dime. This is Bozz Skaggs with a big band. He plays a little lead guitar and is pretty good, didn't know to expect that.
http://tinyurl.com/BozDime

Posted by: Leon Sphinx at January 06, 2024 09:25 PM (UIngH)

217 I concur with this. The cake in the rain line is...odd.
Posted by: Soothsayer at January 06, 2024 09:25 PM (nhfk6)

And the Richard Harris version is so bad, it's good.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2024 09:26 PM (W/lyH)

218 Jimmy Webb seemed to be all over creation for a while there. Richard Harris, The Fifth Dimension, Glen Campbell and who knows who else did albums of Webb's stuff (and I find I can still listen to those today. Even 'MacArthur Park' -- who knows why?)

No idea why 'MacArthur Park' was so popular to cover.

For what little it may be worth, the best cover I remember hearing was Michelle Martin singing the Youngbloods 'Get Together' in 1969 or 70 in the middle of the Carlinville Illinois town square. Girl had a terrific voice. Wonder what ever happened to her?

Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 06, 2024 09:29 PM (a/4+U)

219
SCTV did a spoof of Richard Harris singing Macarthur Park. It, too, is hilarious!

Posted by: Soothsayer at January 06, 2024 09:29 PM (nhfk6)

220 ...I've got a Sansui (100 RMS) packed away along with a pair of Altec Lansing speakers. I've recently come into possession of a 40" LG monitor and will soon have them all hooked up for my CD and flash recordings. Posted by: Braenyard at January 06, 2024 09:07 PM (X6Sy7)

The late '70s Sansui G series (and earlier) had actual Made by Sansui analog transformers in them, that produced some of the smoothest transitions and fullest sound ever marketed at the "pro-sumer" level. Yeah, you can go into five or six figure Audiophile rarities and obtain better, but only if you've got a perfect acoustic listening room in where to do so.

Those transformers are HEAVY, too.

JVC's "Class A" stuff from the same era was awesome, and they did miracles with smaller transformers (of equal power) with their "Super A" technology, which harnessed the power of the chip, in order to tell a lesser amp what the next microsecond's signal would be, and the amp would "power up" instantly, and handle the signal, then power down for the quieter passages. And would do so all day, every day. Wonderful stuff.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 06, 2024 09:29 PM (e6UQI)

221 Paul Harrell
Posted: 7/15/2023 5:10:39 PM EST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfaNQf5LG2M

Posted by: Braenyard at January 06, 2024 09:30 PM (X6Sy7)

222 184 -- right now, it seems to be either Dr. strange and Top Gun: Maverick. Sadly, I've played the really good ones a few times too many times and pretty much ignore the not-so-good. I pick bits and pieces and make really odd play lists. For example, I've got one playlist with the end theme of Bladerunner, the theme from High Plains Drifter, Ventura Highway, Santiago (the flip side of Michael, Row the Boat Ashore), Rey's Theme -- just a lot of stuff all jumbled up.

The XO gave me the soundtrack from Tara's Bulba a few years back. (Thanks, Doug! That one was composed so many years back, i figured it was long gone.) The one that I can't seem to lay my hands on is the CD of Lawrence of Arabia. I've got a couple 33 /3s, but what little I've been able to pull off the internet are completely different arrangements that hurt my ears.

I have several of Elmer Bernstein's. I love the song from The Hallelujah Trail. (Now there's a movie you couldn't make today.)

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 09:30 PM (6TzTY)

223 220 Thus “the cake out in the rain” which is famously reference in this song reads as if it is a metaphor for their relationship. It having ‘taken so long to bake’ apparently alludes to the time and energy he put into building the romance up. But now that it has in fact disintegrated like a “cake out in the rain”, he knows he will ‘never have the recipe again’ to bake another.

Oh. Ok.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
He will bake that damn cake if we tell him to.
-lbgkeymouse

Posted by: Eromero at January 06, 2024 09:31 PM (NxC5+)

224 HEY

Beethoven!

Posted by: KT at January 06, 2024 09:31 PM (rrtZS)

225 Bernstein's score for Twilight (Paul Newman and James Garner, not the sparkly vampire stuff) is terrific and worth a listen if you've never heard it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 06, 2024 09:32 PM (a/4+U)

226 118 Looking around, I had completely forgotten the four song EP U2 did, that includes two live versions of songs from Unforgettable Fire.

Album is called Wide Awake In America, and it's freakin' great. Just 20 minutes, the two live songs are exceptional, I'd say their best recorded work.
Posted by: BurtTC

That live version of 'Bad' is amazing. I can play it on a loop. Almost as good as Dire Straits 'Telegraph Road' live, from there Alchemy album. Almost.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 06, 2024 09:34 PM (Wg6v7)

227 Don't think ever bought a U2 album

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 09:35 PM (fwDg9)

228 229 -- Nobody I know has ever figured out why Harris made that thing. The best guess is that he was drunk on his ass.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 09:35 PM (6TzTY)

229 Argh

...a ni deid ~~dead~~ luaP

Autocorrect is the autotune of text.

Posted by: mindful webworker - crop! at January 06, 2024 09:36 PM (x8dDd)

230 The Weight - Last Waltz featuring the Staple Singers

Love it. One of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at January 06, 2024 09:36 PM (V8he0)

231 85 No crocs were harmed in the making of this list.

Posted by: Dr. Bone at January 06, 2024 08:09 PM (J3ryZ)
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All brought to heel and some tongues destroyed.

Posted by: Ciampino - getting old sucks bigtime at January 06, 2024 09:36 PM (qfLjt)

232 194 Not seeing a lot of Bob Marley love around here. Oh well, more for me.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 09:04 PM (ZLI7S)
---

While at the movies today I saw a preview for a Bob Marley bio movie.

Posted by: All Hail Eris at January 06, 2024 09:37 PM (+RQPJ)

233 "Nobody I know has ever figured out why Harris made that thing. The best guess is that he was drunk on his ass."

And/or stoned out of his mind.

Posted by: Tuna at January 06, 2024 09:37 PM (oaGWv)

234 Nobody I know has ever figured out why Harris made that thing. The best guess is that he was drunk on his ass.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024

The guy that wrote it (Webb?) offered it first to the Association, but they passed. He was a friend of Harris' and he said ok. And yeah, I'm thinking alcohol we involved.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 06, 2024 09:38 PM (W/lyH)

235 I like Licorice All-Sorts.

Posted by: Ciampino - getting old sucks bigtime .... at January 06, 2024 09:38 PM (qfLjt)

236 168 161: I eventually replaced my cassettes with CDs but I still have my cassettes.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33

You too? I went through my tapes a month or so ago to see how many still played. I was surprised at how many did. Some of them are over 30 years old.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 06, 2024 09:38 PM (Wg6v7)

237 "I Write The Songs" is by Beachboy Bruce Johnston.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 06, 2024 09:38 PM (FCs/J)

238 decent transformers are always heavy ...
it's kinda baked in, into the physics of it all, innit?
specially for that low end.

50Hz & < = iron

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 09:38 PM (WsTvr)

239 >>While at the movies today I saw a preview for a Bob Marley bio movie.

I saw an ad for it the other day. Looking forward to seeing it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 09:39 PM (ZLI7S)

240 or, more specifically, high-silicon iron

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 09:39 PM (WsTvr)

241 245 I like Licorice All-Sorts.
Posted by: Ciampino - getting old sucks bigtime ...
Ouzo in Athens.

Posted by: Eromero at January 06, 2024 09:40 PM (NxC5+)

242 Harris recorded that thing, because they PAID him to record that thing.

And in the end, they paid him a LOT, because he had done so.

My voice is so effin bad, the last time I sang in the shower, the water curdled.

But if they'd pay me Richard Harris money to do the same thing? Yeah, show me to the studio! I don't need anyone to make me look stupid... I can do that all by myself!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at January 06, 2024 09:40 PM (e6UQI)

243 Larry Correia said (& it's true ...) "the only time a vampire should be sparkly is if it's on fire" ...

just sayin' ...

& now rly g'night!

g'night!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - these lying bastardi e stronzi have been lying for decades at January 06, 2024 09:44 PM (WsTvr)

244 Yes, I admit it. I was a U2 fan in the 90s.

===
Poser!

Posted by: San Francisco at January 06, 2024 09:47 PM (RIvkX)

245 Springsteen is a cautionary tale of ambition, money lust, and susceptibility. His second album is still great. Nothing ever after sounded like that, cause it didn't sell. He got brainwashed politically by a Marxist rock journalist. Kept making his sound simpler and dumber til he hit the jackpot. Then lingered on and on, amassing money.

Posted by: azjaeger at January 06, 2024 09:47 PM (3/XaG)

246 I have one Bob Marley CD; Legend. Also, a box set called 'Songs of Freedom'. Seems most people with large CD collections have that 'Legend' CD.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 06, 2024 09:48 PM (Wg6v7)

247 235 -- Thanks, Just Some Guy.

The sad thing is that the movie composers crib so much from themselves. You can guess what year it was just listening to Maurice Jarre. John Williams is horrible about that. Years ago, I was buzzing down Center Street listening to Silverado. I named every movie Williamson had cribbed himself for. Jeez was I embarrassed when I realized Bruce Brought on had composed Silverado. But I could have sworn it was Williams and he'd swiped huge chunks out of the first six Star Wars movies with a little bit of Jaws thrown in .to spice it up.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 09:48 PM (6TzTY)

248 I'd guess that it's also okay for a vampire to be sparkly if Scotty is beaming it into deep space.

But that's probably it.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at January 06, 2024 09:48 PM (a/4+U)

249 ONT IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 06, 2024 09:48 PM (fwDg9)

250 "!aaaH-aH ,yawA eM ekaT oT gnimoC er'yehT"

The B side of the 45....

ONT early NOOD

Posted by: mindful webworker - nobody wins at January 06, 2024 09:50 PM (x8dDd)

251 I've always thought of the Staple Singers as more gospel than soul but what donI know?

Posted by: San Francisco at January 06, 2024 09:50 PM (RIvkX)

252 223
Her name was Lola.
She was a showgirl.

We drank champagne and it tastes just like Coca Cola?

Posted by: azjaeger at January 06, 2024 09:51 PM (3/XaG)

253 179
Two Steps From Hell, so that's what I get any more.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 08:53 PM (6TzTY)
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Yes, I like some of their stuff. "Star Sky" comes to mind.

Posted by: Ciampino - The 60 minute loop version!! at January 06, 2024 09:51 PM (qfLjt)

254 Lucky Dube. African reggae

http://tinyurl.com/mrxbdxyj

Posted by: JackStraw at January 06, 2024 09:51 PM (ZLI7S)

255 263 -- The Winged Hussars.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin -- I stand with Israel and all Jews everywhere at January 06, 2024 09:55 PM (6TzTY)

256 Certainly a much higher percent of gay men would agree with your music choice than rural tubes

Posted by: Paul at January 06, 2024 10:36 PM (VD0DV)

257 sign in

Posted by: andycanuck (2yu8s) at January 07, 2024 01:07 AM (2yu8s)

258 I've found the playlists on Spotify lacking. They always suggest songs "based on my listening" that I can't stand.

Posted by: ChupaMe at January 07, 2024 01:08 AM (T5svW)

259 Sorry I missed that - hoping I'm outside banning territory.

Never liked U2 at all - acknowledge the impact they made. Anyone suggesting any group other than the Beatles moved music, and production techniques, is just being silly. There are the Beatles. Whoever you'd put number two on the list would be closer to number 10 than to the Beatles.

Finally, I've had every curated music streaming service at one point. If you want the one that will work to give you some unique songs, you want Pandora. I don't think SiriusXM has ruined it. All the others are clunky as hell, especially Apple Music. And if you like DJs which I do on occasion - SiriusXM is the way to go.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 07, 2024 01:46 PM (UVyKP)

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